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vw@Job:34:1 @ Elihu further answered and said:

vw@Job:34:2 @ Hear my words, you wise men; give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

vw@Job:34:3 @ For the ear examines words as the palate tastes food.

vw@Job:34:4 @ Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us know among ourselves what is good.

vw@Job:34:5 @ For Job has said, I am righteous, but the Mighty God has taken away my justice;

vw@Job:34:6 @ should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.

vw@Job:34:7 @ What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water,

vw@Job:34:8 @ who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

vw@Job:34:9 @ For he has said, It profits a man nothing when he is pleasing to God.

vw@Job:34:10 @ Therefore listen to me, you men with heart: far be it from the Mighty God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to do injustice.

vw@Job:34:11 @ For He repays man according to his work, and causes him to attain according to his way.

vw@Job:34:12 @ Surely the Mighty God will never do wickedly, nor will the Almighty pervert justice.

vw@Job:34:13 @ Who has given Him charge over the earth? Or who appointed Him over the whole world?

vw@Job:34:14 @ If He should set His heart on it, if He should gather to Himself His Spirit and His breath,

vw@Job:34:15 @ all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

vw@Job:34:16 @ If you have understanding, hear this; listen to the sound of my words:

vw@Job:34:17 @ Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn a righteous mighty one?

vw@Job:34:18 @ Is it fitting to say to a king, You are worthless; and to nobles, You are wicked?

vw@Job:34:19 @ He is not partial to rulers, nor does He regard the rich more than the poor; for they are all the work of His hands.

vw@Job:34:20 @ In a moment they die, in the middle of the night; people convulse and pass away; the mighty are taken away without a hand.

vw@Job:34:21 @ For His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps.

vw@Job:34:22 @ There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

vw@Job:34:23 @ For He does not lay more upon man, that he should go before the Mighty God in judgment.

vw@Job:34:24 @ He breaks mighty men in pieces without inquiry, and makes others stand in their place.

vw@Job:34:25 @ Therefore he knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, and they are crushed.

vw@Job:34:26 @ He chastises them as wicked men, in a place where others can see,

vw@Job:34:27 @ because they have turned aside from following Him, and have not considered any of His ways,

vw@Job:34:28 @ so that they cause the cry of the poor to come to Him; for He hears the cry of the lowly.

vw@Job:34:29 @ When He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can see Him? It might be against a nation or mankind altogether,

vw@Job:34:30 @ so that the hypocrite should not reign, lest the people be ensnared.

vw@Job:34:31 @ For has anyone said to the Mighty God, I have endured; I will offend no more;

vw@Job:34:32 @ teach me what I do not see; if I have done injustice, I will do no more?

vw@Job:34:33 @ Shall He recompense on your terms, just because you have rejected it? You must choose, and not I; therefore speak what you know.

vw@Job:34:34 @ Men with heart say to me, wise men who listen to me:

vw@Job:34:35 @ Job speaks without knowledge, his words are without insight.

vw@Job:34:36 @ Oh, that Job were tried to the utmost, because his answers are like those of wicked men!

vw@Job:34:37 @ For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against the Mighty God.

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